Wednesday, August 1, 2012

ZODIAC PARTY @ TRACS

In both astrology and historical astronomy, the zodiac is a circle of
twelve 30° divisions of celestial longitude that are centered upon the
ecliptic: the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the
course of the year. The paths of the Moon and visible planets also remain close
to the ecliptic, within the belt of the zodiac, which extends 8-9° north or
south of the ecliptic, as measured in celestial latitude. Historically, these
twelve divisions are called signs. Essentially, the zodiac is a celestial
coordinate system, or more specifically an ecliptic coordinate system, which
takes the ecliptic as the origin of latitude, and the position of the sun at
vernal equinox as the origin of longitude.

The Shēngxiào
(Chinese: 生肖), better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme that relates
each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year
mathematical cycle. It has wide currency in several East Asian countries such
as China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan.

Identifying this
scheme using the term "zodiac" reflects several similarities to the
Western zodiac: both have time cycles divided into 12 parts, each labels at
least the majority of those parts with names of animals, and each is widely
associated with a culture of attributing influence of a person's relationship
to the cycle upon their personality and/or events in their life. Nevertheless,
there are major differences: the "Chinese" 12-part cycle corresponds
to years rather than months. The Chinese zodiac is represented by 12 animals,
whereas some of the signs in the Western zodiac are not animals, despite the
implication of the Greek etymology of "zodiac". The animals of the
Chinese zodiac are not associated with constellations, let alone those spanned
by the ecliptic plane.

Astrology
consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship
between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world. In the West,
astrology most often consists of a system of horoscopes that claim to predict
aspects of an individual's personality or life history based on the positions
of the sun, moon, and other planetary objects at the time of their birth. Many
cultures have attached importance to astronomical events, and the Indians,
Chinese, and Mayans developed elaborate systems for predicting terrestrial
events from celestial observations.

Among
Indo-European peoples, astrology has been dated to the third millennium BCE,
with roots in calendrical systems used to predict seasonal shifts and to
interpret celestial cycles as signs of divine communications. Through most of
its history, astrology was considered a scholarly tradition. It was accepted in
political and academic contexts, and was connected with other studies, such as
astronomy, alchemy, meteorology, and medicine. At the end of the 17th century,
new scientific concepts in astronomy (such as heliocentrism) called astrology
into question, and subsequent controlled studies failed to confirm its
predictive value. Astrology thus lost its academic and theoretical standing.

Astrology is a
pseudoscience, and as such is rejected by the academic and scientific
communities. Some scientific testing of astrology has been conducted, and no
evidence has been found to support any of the premises or purported effects
outlined in astrological traditions. Furthermore, there is no proposed
mechanism of action by which the positions and motions of stars and planets
could affect people and events on Earth that does not contradict well
understood, basic aspects of biology and physics.

House in Astrology

Most horoscopic
traditions of astrology systems divide the horoscope into a number (usually
twelve) of houses whose positions depend on time and location rather than on
date. In Hindu astrological tradition these are known as Bhāvas. The houses of
the horoscope represent different spheres of life, described in terms of
physical surroundings as well as personal life experiences. In delineation the
placement of a planet or zodiac sign in a house will determine to a large
degree the area of life in which it acts, and the goals and activities on which
its drive or impulse will be focused.

"In think, that
the most famous song about a zodiac sign is Aquarius."

"Aquarius/Let
the Sunshine In" (commonly called "The Age of Aquarius" or
"Let the Sunshine In") is a medley of two songs written for the 1967
musical Hair by James Rado & Gerome Ragni (lyrics), and Galt MacDermot
(music), released as a single by The 5th Dimension.

Pop-gabber Dutch
band Party Animals covered "Aquarius" on their debut album Good
Vibrations in 1996. The single was certified Platinum and peaked at the number one
position for three weeks.

Party Animals

Party Animals are
a pop-gabber group from The Netherlands. The band was created by producers Jeff
Porter, Jeroen Flamman together with vocalists MCs Remsy, Evert van Buschbach,
Patrick de Moor, Dennis Adam and Paul Grommé. They became the first act in the
Netherlands to have their first three singles go straight to number one.

The Party Animals made their introduction on
the video for the single "I Wanna Be a Hippy" by Technohead. The clip
featured three gabbers and a hippie. The producers Flamman & Abraxas
discovered the four and saw a potential for opening the mainly underground
scene of gabber by making the sound more pop oriented and thus introducing the
new genre to a mainstream audience.

Good Vibrations
is the debut album of the Party Animals and was released in 1996.

The album mainly
consists of cover versions of existing songs set in a fast gabber beat.

The album turned
out to be very successful in The Netherlands with their first singles peaking at
number one which makes them the first Dutch act to do so.

The group stopped
in 2000 after considerable success in the Netherlands and even a hit in Hong
Kong with "Atomic". They tried it again in 2002 and 2005. However
they were not able to revive their earlier success.